-recordings of Syncopated Classic in its original instrumentation by Jacob Zimmerman (saxophone) and Dalton Ridenhour (piano)

-recordings of Frank Waldron’s original compositions by Greg Ruby & The Rhythm Runners

“The lush forests and majestic mountains of the Pacific Northwest rarely pop up in the public imagination when the early days of jazz are discussed, yet a handful of pioneers of this uniquely American music flourished in Seattle, Washington, in the century’s early decades. Among them was a remarkable saxophonist and trumpeter who not only played on a Northwest scene that included the peripatetic New Orleans pianist and composer Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton but also served as Seattle’s go-to African-American music teacher for three generations, including the booming World war II Jackson Street era that gave us Quincy Jones. Perhaps most surprising of all, he left behind a 1924 book of compositions catapulting his zany take on early jazz across the centuries. His name was Frank D. Waldron.”